Seduced by Technology

• Letter from this month's editor
  
  
• Seduced by technology

Data, data everywhere and not a thought to think. Wayne Ellwood reports on the human costs of computers.
• The Internet explained

A simple guide to how it works.
• Dumbing us down

Theodore Roszak questions the wisdom of enthusiasts who want to put computers into every classroom.
• On-line lifeline

Electronic activism can boost campaigns for human rights and democracy. Shahidul Alam has proof from Bangladesh.
• Privatizing cyberspace

Big business targets the Internet. By Nicholas Baran.

THE INFORMATION HIGHWAY - THE FACTS

• Of mouse and man

Move over Bill Gates. Dale Spender says its time for women to shed their technophobia.
• Wiring Africa

Cathy Majtenyi and Michele Fleet investigate the latest African mega-project.
• Automatic unemployment

More machines, more profits, fewer workers. Julie White argues that it's time to reassess the logic of modern industry.
• Silicon Valley East

India's software industry is booming. Dilip D'Souza reports from Bangalore.
• Techno-seers

A precise of the ideas of some key critics of technology.


• Ned Ludd live!

History gave him a bad rap. Now he's back on TV. Kirkpatrick Sale tunes in.

• Letters
• Letter from Ingushetia
• Update
• The NI Interview with Lucio Flavio Pinto
• Reviews: film, books and music, including Todd Hatnes film classic
• Curiosities and the NI Crossword
• Endpiece by Mark Axelrod
• Country profile: St Kitts and Nevis

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